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Weird lines appear in textboxes. Why? Anyway to fix this?

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McKrazyKing
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These weird lines come up whenever I type things in the address bar, search bar, or any textbox in a website. They're kind of annoying & I want to know if there is a way to get rid of them.

These weird lines come up whenever I type things in the address bar, search bar, or any textbox in a website. They're kind of annoying & I want to know if there is a way to get rid of them.

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

  • Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.

See:

In Firefox 4 Safe mode disables extensions and disables hardware acceleration.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
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cor-el
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Chosen Solution

Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

  • Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.

See:

In Firefox 4 Safe mode disables extensions and disables hardware acceleration.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
McKrazyKing
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Thanks so much it worked. Do you know if this might happen again? I want to be ready in case it happens again. Anyway thanks again! :)